It must’ve been a series or documentary that explored some of the experiments that veterans had received.
There’s tons and many we don’t hear about.
The craziest one was a VA doctor over years in the 80’s, 90’s and early 2000’s was telling patients he’d be able to help them walk again, he just had to insert wires inside their legs and hook them up to their spine to reconnect the nerves. Of course it never worked and the regular copper wires fell apart during physical therapy and now they have copper wire fragments all over inside their legs that are causing problems/infections etc.
I blame the doctor but come on, why not ask if the wires can be placed on the outside and once proven to work then find wires that can take the bending on the inside. He was using basically old thin telephone wires, like those aren’t going to break.
That’s why you never volunteer, let others go first.
The craziest one was a VA doctor over years in the 80’s, 90’s and early 2000’s was telling patients he’d be able to help them walk again, he just had to insert wires inside their legs and hook them up to their spine to reconnect the nerves. Of course it never worked and the regular copper wires fell apart during physical therapy and now they have copper wire fragments all over inside their legs that are causing problems/infections etc.
OMW - I hadn't heard of this one - horrific.
Yeah it was crazy, I looked for an article but could only find something from this year and it looks like they’re attempting again without a real device and looking for someone to make one. But for now they’re just using a standard neurosensor with wires that attach to the spine.
Now medically retired, Burch, 26, hopes again to be a trailblazer -- the first Department of Veterans Affairs patient to regain function in his lower body -- to include taking steps -- courtesy of an electrical implant in his spine that is designed to stimulate his body's sensorimotor networks.
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